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Excerpt is defined as to select quotations.

(verb)

An example of excerpt is to choose a passage to cite in a research paper.

The definition of an excerpt is a quote from a book or film.

(noun)

An example of excerpt is a passage from a novel.

See excerpt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to select, take out, or quote (passages from a book, sequences from a film, etc.); extract

Origin: < L excerptus, pp. of excerpere, to pick out, choose < ex-, out + carpere, to pick, pluck < IE *kerp- < base *(s)ker-, to cut, scrape > harvest

noun

a passage or sequence selected or quoted from a book, article, film, etc.; extract

Related Forms:

excerption noun

See excerpt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film.

transitive verb (ĭk-sûrptˈ) ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts

To select or use (a passage or segment from a longer work).
To select or use material from (a longer work).

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English, excerpted

Origin: , from Latin excerptus

Origin: , past participle of excerpere, to pick out

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + carpere, to pluck; see kerp- in Indo-European roots

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